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PAGES TO-DAY, CIlTCLiIiTi: S1 HOWtHS WCONCCIOAV COOLCRi IsM-r-enalag lira fcMt 1T(4, VOL. IiXT. NO. 140. TTEDKESDAT MOKKIiro; MAY 25, 1C0J.

raid: rive cnKTa J-LjJ LlLi STORES 1 Thrown at the Boat On Which Nonunion Xlen Were Being Shipped Freight Handlers onNew England Roads Out And Union Teamsters Will Strike in Sympathy, Special Gar on Which President Traveled Was Sent By Ronndabont Way, at His Request Men Say They Would Not Have Interfered With Him, Eat Only Stopped Freight Traffic. mu diititcv to tbs ssqeiBBa. New York. Mar 24. A general Strtks of II th freight handlers In this cttjr and Kew Englsnd cities employed by the New York.

New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and th. marl a firemen employed 'on the boa of that railroad system, aa aell a those employed on sosn. ot the ecestwtse liners, was called this afternoon by president Curran. of th. International Ttt-'jjht Handlers' Union.

At the same tlraa Mr. Curran announced tt.at the members of the International Teamsters' Union In this city would go out "In sympathy. This may mean that to-morrow nearly men will be on strike, and that freight Ir-rhcMn this city, Including thouaands of Interest not allied with th. N.w Haven Kallroad. will be almost completely par-ii led, and It alt th.

members of the teamsters' union go out it will In It effects be one of the most disastrous strikes this city has ever known. As a result of th. strike President Roosevelt special train. In which he went to Oroton. had to take a circuitous route to reach Its destination.

When the Federal Express left Philadel-1 phis, last evening there cam a pretty iiufotantlal rumor that th. firemen on transfer boats Maryland and, Express on. of which would ordinarily be util to ferry the train around New Tork City to ih. connection- with th. N.w Hav.n tracks at Harlem River, were about to strike In sympathy with the railroad men.

As a consequence it war decided to drop the private car carrying th. Presidential part yat Trenton, and send It over the roundabout rout, which crosses th. Hudson at Poughkeepsle. Acr.irdh.gly an engine was hitched to the President' car and hauled It up the Belvi-Ore Iivison to Belvidere, where and Hudson Valley Railroad picked Lp the car and took It to May wood, the western tr minus of the great "spider" hridjre. Thence It was sent across the Hudson and on to Oroton by way of the Central New England tracks, which were chared for the special.

The Federal Express went on to Jersey City and left on the transport Maryland a little after XI o'clock. Th. man on the transport Maryland appeared greatly surprised when they learned that President Koosevelt had been sidetracked for fear that he might be held up refusal to malm the trip. They said that the Prcs.dent would have been taken to Mott Haven, strike or no strike. They had to work the boat to carry freight Cars.

Booserr.lt Asked It. i According to th. 2iew Haven Railroad official at Mott Haren the switch was mad. at the President's request. Word was stent out by President Curran from his headquarters in th.

Clarendon Hotel late this afternoon to hfa agents in I'-uU River. Providence, New Haven, Bridgeport. Hartford. "W'aterbury and Boston to e.U ail tbejnen out. Then he said: "T.Ms strike was- fenced on ma When Captain Miller says doe.

not give a for the public and cannot treat with us. there is but on. thing to do. I have dcr.e that thing, fully recognising th. dls-astrous consequence to th.

public. It canto: be helped. Th. strike will be conducted on the lines of th. on.

In Chicago, and be conservative. W. won in Chicago; will win here." Eiward Gould. Vic President of th. International Teamsters' Brotherhood, said this afternoon: would rather die fighting than never ti fight at all.

Wo are not waving th. red fag. but we do wish to see Justice, and are going to help th. freight handlers. W.

can command not only over 33.00O men In this but 8.000 In Boston. 11,000 in Chicago and 5,000 Jn Ban "I will probably call out th. out-of-town 1 locals, too. In tills city hundreds of Interests outstdeof th. railroad freight business win beXffectedj- General traffic will be at a 'ar14suil." Simultaneously with the statement by Mr.

Curran that further efforts to avert a strike were off. cam. th. announeemaat from the Mott Haven yards of th. N.w -tork.

New Haven and Hartford Railroad -at 96 firemen, including thoee employed on the two big transfer boats. Maryland ar.d Express, as well aa on some tugs and some 300 freight handleri. had suddenly gon on strike. Boats' Tola will tie up th. big transfer boats.

hlle the handling- of freight In the Mott yards Is crippled. There are a score freight cards there laden with perishable goods. Including several cars of strawber-les and Engineer Solway, of. Transfer Tat No. 8.

to-day discharged from the employ of company because he would not take out tug, la which a nonunion reman bad bean placed. The Engineers" Cnion baa sub- demand Chat a. be reinstated, d. alarine tat tbev wui prefag to look at gHuattoa with a-tisatotls aaid that if the tatuuue, wat awt saaa. grave trouble), but that be h4 not terd that tbay tetMstad strtkto kaac b.

would ot glv. cradlt ta any sk pMslbllity. Thras whil. kandlUic ntp pjar v. nrrar, nad tbeir legs era.

Iked by tb. falling of several a day, and rev gang a saan who wba war. us re puce te atrtkara. seatas; them carrted way qear.ia.ur Hospital, at oaea bur. from th.

plar. Thsy sal4 that CMn.irTlat)ed haadUns- of rM ftdenUy too great a rUk to assuaas for any aaansy. Tb. first violence wu rMArt mber af longshoremea at the Atlantic aacas lit South Brooklyn stoned a boat load oi ansa Bound for the various Kew Haven Una plr an Use Baa sai Martk It was not learned Whether or not any of Ua man oa th. boat wsra Inlurad.

On th. BtorJngton Lin. piar to-dar 30 truckmen reported for doty wttb fhelr vehicles, but wharf told that their trucks be loaded by aoauaion men they rsfwaad to drtv. th air tracks on the pier and quit work. XROS HAHDLEKS ETK1XE.

Chicago. May 2--Tbe 000 handlers of iron and heavy hardware la tb. wholesale and retail stores here struck to-day for oigner wages. Agent J. V.

Fraw-ley daclarad: "If necessary wa will spread this strlk. ta tb. 1.000 members at Pitts burg. W. are fighting t.

protect our union rrrm open a nop advaocea MILLIONS PAID OUT. Los Angeles, CaL. May 24. At the con vention of th. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to-day tb.

Insurance report showed that 1300.000 baa been paid out in benenta. According to the statement of th. leaders Orand Chief Bnglaoar W. Stone will be re-elected IfACHIinSTS STRIKE. Chicago, May 3.

Five hundred machin ists struck to-day when th. Qoas Printing Company and th. Charles F. Elms Engi neering Company refused to sign th. agree ment.

ASHEN Was Young Courts8 Face As lie Stood Resolved Before a Terrible Death. Good-By Said HeThen Leaped Ten Stories. Body Was Crashed Like aa Egg Shell ob Skylight Castings Mo-tire a Mjiiery. racist. Msravca te isrs ixcniss.

Louisville, May 14. Julian W. Courts. Claim Clerk; In th. general ot-fica of the Louisville, Henderson and St.

Louis Railroad and a eon of C. Winn Courts, a waalthy banker ot Russell-villa, leaped to Instant death at 4:20 o'clock this afternoon from th. tenth floor of the Columbia Building to th. bottom of the light shaft, a distanc. of 10 feet.

Th. awful leap was taken from a window In Room 101S. occupied by th. Paymaster of the road, and waa witnessed by two persons, both of whom attempted to prevent It, Th. body landed on th.

(round. skylight at th. bottom of th. shaft and was crushed like an egg shell. DUD 1 IT A.XT1.T.

T4m point of Impact was on th. surface skylight over th. engine room In th. basement, and so great was the Impact that th. Iron framework supporting the heavy glaas squares was broken through, and had it not been for a three-inch cast Iron bar supporting th.

framework beneath the body would have crushed Its way through and been mangled on th. engines and machinery in th. basement. A minute after Courts msd. th.

fatal leap th. warning was given by Hale Dean, on. -of th. eyewitnesses, and 10 minutes later Dr. Ewlng Marshall was standing over th.

bleeding form with his hand upon th. haart of th. unfortunate man In whose body life was extinct. Hale Dean, the Louisville representative of the Ohio Valley Tie Company, who has a desk In th. Henderson route Paymaster's office, from which Courts jumped, was seated at hU desk at 4 o'clock when Courts entered.

He says Courts kept walking th. floor, and spoke of th. hot weather to Mr. Dean and Mr. W.

B. Fowlkes. Ha if an hour later Mr. -Dean noticed Courts standing at the open window. uasr rauvBU.

"I turned my back to my desk and my attention was next called to Courts when 1 heard him say: Good-by I am going to do It." "I turned quickly and saw to my horror that he was hanging- outside the window supporting his body by holding to an Inside window ledge. Simultaneously myself and Fowlkes arose from our seats, at the same time speaking to him and warning him to be careful. I thought he was playing pranks with us when I spoke to him. I walked alowly toward him. scarcely realising what was transpiring with a feeling ot mingled Indecision and horror creeping over me He was looking- straight at me, hia fac.

aahen and a look of determination upon it. 'Before I reached him or spoke a second time he loosened his hold and the body disappeared below the ledge." Mr. Dean says he had met young Courts only a few times, and that it waa unusual for him to visit hia office, He has never heard of any reason why Courts desired to destroy himself. The Columbia is the largest office building In the city, and the occupants wcrs thrown into a panic by the suicide. Stenographers shrieked, and one.

Misa H. Op-penhelmer. who saw the body dash by her window, fainted. Courts was 28 years old, and boarded at 203 East Broadway. SHOCKED BY THE TRAGEDY.

srcciAi. iMsraTca to xas BaQCiasa, Ruasellvlile. May -J4 People here irere ahocked to learn of the suicide of Julian Courts In Louisville. He was the oldest son of Colonel C. W.

Courts. Ue wealthy Ruasellvill. banker. WHY THE BOYS QUIT. arsexaa.

snr.ics Te rmm asactasa. Lcgansport, May 24 The old swimming boles In tb. Eel and Wabash Rivers, which almost mak. this city aa Island, have been 'abandoned by. tbo small boys all on account of aa alligator now known to be In one of the rivers.

A. W. Gamble, steward of Long-cliff Insane Hospital, near by. was until Saturday th. owner ot a half-grown alligator, bat It escaped.

Sunday eight to the river a block away. River empties Into th. Wabash. SOIIETHnJO DOmCr AT LAST. Liao Tang.

May 34. A typhoon la raging off tbo coast. i G.1MT And Shot Were Japs Who Wanted To Dynamite Town of Port Arthnr. Cossacks Are Gradually -Driving1 Enemy Back: Many Wounded: Russians Deserted the Hospitals. Enropatkin Reports Several Skirmishes Mikado's Men Forced To Abandon aijj a Town Bamed.

Liao Taag, May 24. There Is continual skirmishing between the Russian cavalry and the Japanese. Cossacks are pressing the Japanese in the hills and byroads, general ly driving them back. The general plaa ot th. Japanese baa not been divulged.

They are apparently making time, awaiting the arrival of reserves from Korea, who hav. been delayed owing to th. ImpaaaabUity of tb. roada. Th.

Japeaeee.are sending all Invalids In th. direction of th. Talu to a central hos pital. Th. Chinese report the destruction of an other Japanese battle ship off Port Arthur, but th.

report Is unconfirmed and la not credited. Several Japanese who landed from Junks near Port Arthur and started toward tbe town with the intention ot dynamiting the docks were captured and shot. The Russians wounded are rapidly. Several wounded soldiers deserted from th. hospital and stole back to the front.

TO THE EMPEROR Kuropatkin Sends Mew of Bepulses To the Japanese, Petersburg. May 24. The following dispatch from General Kuropatkin to the Emperor, dated May 23. was received to day: "'Our cavalry outposts on May 22 and May 23 observed a movement of a portion of the Japaneee forces westwardly along th. Hai-Cbang road near the village ot DeHandiaputse.

six miles from Feng-Wang-Cheng. "On May 21 a Japanese detachment, consisting of six companies' of lafaritry and three squadrons of cavalry, arts eked some eotniaa of Cossacks on th. heights on the right bank of the Bedal near tb. village of Poouteikha. When the engagement began th.

Japanese cavalry remained under cover and the infantry, which declined to cross the valley, maintained a distant and almost harmless fir. without sparing ammunition. A small party unsupported tried to cross th. river for tb. purpose of turning our left flank, but was driven back by the charge of half a sotnla of Cossacks and fir.

of the sotnla occupying the heights. Toward evening the Japanese retreated. Our losses were 10 Cossacks wounded. ''Details of th. engagement May 30 and 21 at Sltkhoutchindsa have not yet been as VETERANS Chosen By Jap To Make the Advance) on Port Arthur.

casta to ras iqcibsb axo s. t. arcaaxn, Ctoprrtght. too. X.

T. Herald Company. London. May 25. Th.

Dally Mail's Shl-monoseko correspondent telegraphs as follows: Active preparations are now In progress for the reduction of Port Arthurs-It Is understood that th. place will be attacked by a portion of the fifth division, forming part of the Third Army. Th. force has been carefully chosen, aa It consists mainly of veterans, drawn fiom Tamaguchi Prefecture, who have had experience In the Chi no-Japan ee war. and have' served the longest possible period with the colors.

Very heavy artillery Is being- landed on the Liao Tang Peninsula, and while the Japanese are determined on a reduotion of the fortress by storm, no matter what the cost In life, much preliminary work will be done by th. artillery and th. engineers. The Second Army will not take part In the operation against Port Arthur, but will Join the First Army. Which la sow marching toward Harbin.

NOT CONFIRMED Xs th Be port of Heavy Losses In the Vicinity of Port Arthur. St. Petersburg. Msy 24 p. m.

The report cabled yesterday that th. Foreign Office had received a telegram from the Russian Consul at Chefu reporting that, the Japanese had made a attack-on Port Arthur, and had lost U.OTO men, killed or wounded, and that the Russians had lost 3.000 men, la true, but as nothing confirmatory has been received from any ether source this Is not given credence. The Consul in his telegram aaid his Information was obtained from Chinese. The War Office has nothing to confirm his' report: 1 HOSPITAL SHIPS RECOGNIZED. Washington.

May 24. Ambassador Mc-Connlck. in a cablegram to the Btate Department from St. Petersburg, advises the department thtt the.recognltlon of the Japanese hospital ships Saklo Kobe, Sakuai and Koeai Mara has been formally, officially confirmed. These vessels were cr tilled to the Russian Government as hospital ships, also tbe Yokohama Maru, the recognition of which as such Mr.

McCormick says will shortly follow. NOT CONFIRMED. Liao Taag, May 24. A report bas been received from Newchwang saying that on May IS five battalions or Japanese troops ran Into Major General Fock's artillery and tbe Japaaeee were entirely wiped out- The report lack, confirmation. Waeftlngton.

D. C. May .24 The naval attaches of the tTnited States have been instructed to report upon the number and danger to neutral shipping 'of war mines Coating off the Manchortan coast. If occasion -warrants representations will be made to tbe beillg-ereata ESTMATE OF JAP STRENGTH, easts to nrs ssacuaa axa v. axaavn.

-roopyrlgat. 4. K. Herald Company St. Petersburg.

May According" to the latest news General Okss'i army, whbcb bas received free re-eafurssaisata taalac toward Feet Artksr. wee Feck as lawinaetsd to offer tb tatasost Oeaersi Karokl's erasy am aeea be awf. scteeiRr sw-esitareed an I fresh fisriee sr. arrrvwer Ml jury experts estimate the strength wast of the TaUt at SOtUkas STUBBORN FIGHTS Tmt Vp By th Jsp Almost XTnkao-arm t- A History. lOhprVlgac.

1SC4. M. T. ausratd ijisj! KIM Cbwaag. via Tien Tsia.

May 24. The Japtn.tr' Uod opsraOong directed against Port Arthur are meeting wttb little SMsrua Pes era la gtnsssil sued Peek tsaue to make well directed aad 4m per ate sortie, a gainst tae advance ec the Japaaeee. who axe fighting wttb stubborn de termination almost aakaeww fas hMtory. Several hundred have been killed during the last few day. Japan re-eaforcemesrts are errtvtag dally, at Pltsewo and Poieadlea.

A Russian torpedo SotUla I erwiatng off Port Arthur. Tbe west wan of Liao Tea- bee pulled down and tbo saeterlal utilised la construct In covered treacbes aad fortiflea-Uons extending from tbe mountain on tbe Feng Wang Cheng road te tb. Liao River. Thousands of Chinese anchors have conveyed to Liao Tang; to be used la cboring poatooo bridges. Probably th greatest bat tie et the war will be fought la th.

vicinity of Liao Taag. where General Kuropatkin la determined to check tbe Japaneee advance. According te Japanese reports 5,000 Jap aneee sr. eO miles southeast of Taahtcbae, occupying the waited city of Tangent N. trains are running from Tasblcbao to the south.

ENMITY Incurred By Mrs. Lowe By Her Remarriage Two Weeks After Being Divorced. Women's Clubs Rescind Her Title of Honorary President On Motion cf Mr. HearotiD, VVke Herself Sacrificed a Similar Uor New Officers. srsciaa.

star area xo ras ixortssa. St. Louie. May 24. Mrs.

Ellen. M. Henrotln. of Chicago, sacrificed her title as honorary President of tbe Federation of Women's Clubs this morning because she was unwilling that a similar honor should rest upon Mrs. Rebecca Lowe, of Atlanta, a former President of the Federation, who incurred the displeasure of Mrs.

Henrotia and tb women of the Federation by remarrying-two weeks aftsr scc urine A divorce. This allegation and saeriflo Jus. Henro- tti burled like a bomb into thie asiwn tug's session of the Federation. Tbe President was bearing motions, and Mrs. Henrotln.

who wss President of tb. Federation from untU .1898. arose In one of the boxes and moved that the Fed eration rescind the rule conferring the title of Honorary President upon members serv-lruc two terms aa President. iorr Mi owsr tttlm. Inasmuch as Mra Henrotln was one of the only two women who enjoyed this dis tinction and title her motion caused sur prise, until She explained It by saying that Mrs.

Rebecca D. Lowe, twice President of the Federation, and now living in Atlanta, had married within two weeks after being divorced, and that the women of the federation could not consistently continue to honor her with the office of Honorary President. Mrs. Henrotln said that to rescind the rule meant the loas of this title to herself, but she averred that sbs was glad to mak. the sacrifice to accomplish th.

end In view. Th. federation supported Mra Henrotln. and the rule waa rescinded by unanimous vote of the assembly. The report ot the Nominating Committee was adopted as fellows: President Mrs.

Sarah piatt uecker. Denver, Colo. First Vice Prsslosnt-Jira rniup Moore. St. Louis.

Second Vice President May. Alden Ward. Boston. Recording Secretary Mrs. John D.

Sher man. Chicago. 1 Corresponding Secretary Miss Louisa B. Poppenheim. Charleston.

8. C. Treasurer Mrs. Percy V. pennypaeaer.

Austin. Texas. Auditor Dr. Sarah H. of Wash ington.

Directors Mrs. Charles A. Perkins, of Tennessee; Mrs. Lydla P. Williams, ef Minnesota; Miss Belle M.

Stowtenburgh. of Mrs. Charles -Tardeley. of Kew Jersey: Mra. Joslah E.

Coles, of Cali fornia: Mra William P. Orr. of Ohio; Mrs. Mary I. Wood, of' New Haapshirs; Mrs.

Edward L. Johnson, of Rhode Island. MORS NOMINATIONS. After the adoption of the report the fol lowing, nominations were made from the floor: Recording Secretary Mrs. William T.

Cos d. of Minnesota. Directors Mra H. O. Garvey, of Kansas; Mrs.

Lawrence Hainea, of Florida; Mra J. W. Smith, of Indiana; Mrs. A. Scott, ot Indian Territory: Mra J.

Lindsay Johnson, ot Georgia, and Mrs. Mary L. Lock-wood, ot the District of Columbia. The nominations were then declared cloeed. The remainder ot the business es-slon was devoted to consideration of amendmenta ta the constitution.

ON THE STAND Schoonover Told of Checks Which Ha Allege Were Torgwd. avacui, BtsreTca xe tss saecraaa. Portland. IsmL. May 34.

John Schoonover. alias H. B. Gordon, testified this evening; in the "Jim the Penman' case. Tbe defense objected on the grounds that be Indicted with Robert Knox, but Schoonover signified bis desire to go on tbe stand.

He confessed to have received from Knox a $1,900 raised check, which he attempted to pass here, aad also a $3,000 check, which he (Schoonover) had under the sweat band of bis bat when arrested. He also coa- ftiesud to have received many other checks from Knox. Kmmet the Cincinnati police officer, also testified against Knox. George W. Gardner, of the Chicago office of the Plnkenoat aarency.

told of shadowing Knox and of Hading a kit ef focgeref, tools oa him. Over tbe objection of th defense all th tools were exhibited to tb Jury. Tb kit Included two package of ink eradicator. one bank perforator and all tbo devices used by aa expert forger. LAID TO REST.

srecxaL sear area xo xas asorzaaa. vmdiay. Ohio- May 24. The- funerals of Its ef the victim' ef Sunday's exploatea were held this afternoon. Buataese was suspended while they were ta progress.

Tbe corteges passed through streets thronged with peopie.en route te Maple Grove Cemetery, where tb remains ot all were laid to BUSY SCENES AT. THE i I I I i 1 i -H I I I 8 i 1 J( 11 II BUSY. SEASON 1 PRETTY UPS For Stoneking Culminates With Total of, FIt Children. srsciai Dtcraxo xe xas ssecxasa. Coffeyvllle.

Msy 24. Five 'children in 11 month Is th. remarkable record of a pofTeyvllte couple. This morning Mra George Stoneklng. tb young wife of a restaurant man.

gave birth to twins, a boy. and a girl Eleven months ago to-day ah. gave btrtb to trip. lets, all girts. The triplets lived, oely three days.

The latest arrivala will probably live. Her, Tbo ssotat, enwaxes xe xas nrttan. Lima. May 34. Four days ago Mrs.

James West gave blrtb a twin boys, bojbeinx-weU. ajid wb gave birth: Xo another-oy She -t and these are ber first family additions to 10 years. Her husband la 7.. -i, QUEER STORY Told By Woman Who Want a For-tun in Allegheny. srseiab nisrarca xo xas sx.cmsa.

tPIKsburg. May 24. Director Hunne-shagea. Of th Department of aad William Hunter. Superintendent of the Allegheny City Home, to-day received letters from-an Indianapolis woman- who believes sh is entftled to a fortune ta Allegheny.

The officials refused to reveal her he alleges her mother, whea a baby, was left on an Allegheny doorstep April 7, 183d. and was sent to the. Home of Kate Boieel and adopted by -a couple, who Immediately got all the money they needed from some unknown course. The couple "were 'mysteriously mnrdered. Kate Bolsel married, and ber daughter Indianapolis believes her mother came ef a wealthy family in Allegheny.

LAUGHED is He Left the Electric Clnir Which He Will Meet Death In in July. nau snuraxcx ro rax snQmass. Columbas. Ohio, May 24 Fisher, the "condemned murderer from Toledo, sentenced 'to' die July 7. waa to-day.

the subject of a mock electrocution la tbe penitentiary. At his own request. Fisher was taken to tbe death chair. The clamps war adjust, ed. the a traps and tbe black- cap slipped over his face.

He laughed as tb cap wa taken off. Ta not afraid of it." be said. Just wanted to see bow it felt-- One. is certainly locked la -tightly." He "walked back to the death cell aa it Jve bad -forgotten bow fatally bas- next- "sit ting" would result. Tsnsasseeaa Prefers Go To Jail Rather Than Name Ta Whoa pe Gara I Memphis.

Tens, May 24. Bather than disclose the unM of the society g1H So whom bo made presents of valuable dia-monda. T. Frost Barrett, scion of a wealthy Teatiesaea family; who recently acknowledged bankruptcy, to-day placed himself in" the poamooot -defying tbe order, ef Referee Jt. D.

Jordan. The' question came up during th crsss- exasniaackeei ot Barrett by attorney -acting for the secured creditors of. Barrett Bros. After Barrett explained his reAations with Zadd Garner aad admitted maiicg her presents of valuable th attorney asked IT there- were- aay. other- dia moods given to feeaaiea.

Jle To whom were they given Tw eaked tb attorney--'-r To a certain perty. whose fair Bm i refuee. to drag In sra Barrett re. Py-: Rrferee Jordaa cecrmaaded the -witness to answer, but "be declined, statinc that he would walk to Jail rather thaa do soc Referee Jordaa lessr ei hi dedsiosw Th TTppea- Left Fleter Show th Crowd in Front of th Vil Hon. On th Sight of It la aiirman Flnlay, of th Stat Central Cfolxfai wUvree.

Blow, on th Left, Is Shown J. L. Zlmmsrman, of Springfield, In Conreraatloa With Jams Bo, of Columbus. Th Center Picture Is That of E. H.

Jtoore Listening' To Political Prognostice-tlona' On th Blgrht in That Bow Appear th Veteran Democrat, W. K. Buyaott. Th Bottom Pictur Show Bn EMdensfeld, Philip Banner andXCu GbJdsmith, of th Cincinnati Ilelefition. WEAKENED When Put In Sweat Box.

Peltier. Confessed To Baring Placed Tie Track Fer Reward Ae-eldest Arerted. snctai. Mseaxca xe tbs ssorrssa lima. Ohio.

May St E- Peltier, aged 23. is not a hero as be had mapped things out tor himself, a plain ex-section and in tbe minions of the law. Hs bad been working for the Pennsylvania Company." and was discharged. For many days be speculated on bow to get back In tbe road's employ, and at last be bit an idea that was bigger than his heart. Peltier figured that if be planted a eroee tie between the 'tracks at tbe Anglais River and then flagged the faat flyer he could get away with a $35 a month coup.

He did plant tb. tie. it is alleged, but bis beart. failed him on the flagging proposition, after be bad spread the report that while fishing under the bridge be bad overheard men fixing up the plot 1 to ditch the According to confession mad to Detective Stahl. be placed a tie in aa upright position -between the rails at tbe bridge.

T2 miles west ef Uma. but failed to flag tbe fast eHurt-bounxtFryer Xo. 34 In time to avert danger. His beart failed him before tbe critical moment and be went to a neigb-borlng bouse message was telephoned to Delpbos la time to notify the crew. s.

Tbe point 'of danger was 'not located, and when the train' reached tbe bridge at tb obstacle was not seen by tbe engineer, aad. the. engine struck the "tie. breaking It two. and m-nUng the pilot.

Had tbe train been going at full speed a frightful wreck would have He told a story ot seeing two men fixing tbe tae wfcfla be was fishing steer the bridge, bat he spent an hour to tbe sweat box he -weakened, and confessed that be wanted to play the hero and recelv. a reward or a Job. Peltier was bound over to tbe grand Jury. charged wtlb attempted TATAL CTJM0S1TT. ararcx xe txb Toledo.

May 34. Becacse she mistook a pool of gasoline eea the eerier -floor for water. Edna Miller, aged. 14. fatally burned to-day.

She lighted a match to taveatigatev'aad her Slothes ca tight BEBDEBSOJTS SEPHEW. sraxca xe ss aaosuum. San Francisco. Call. May Dmald Henderson, a nephew' et ex-c3peker Hea de-son.

waa accidentally killed while hunting to-day. -His gun discharged; while be was cllmbiag a fence. CCSSACXS V7ESX EOTTTED. Cbefw. Mar X-N p.

av Additional de taiis ef the fight at Waeg-Ckiatu-a. near Taka-Shaa. May 30. Indtcat that ta squadron of Cossacse was almost annlhi-lated by th Japanese Infantry. AO tbe Russian officers were killed, wounded or eaatured.

COLUMBUS CONVENTION. i 1 LIGHTNING WorksGreatDestruction la Electrical SUrrn That Swept 0rr Ceantry Yesterday Stadeata XiraeaUas Escape. esc lax. -nsraxca xel xas SKociasa. Norwalk.

Ohio. May 24. Tbe $VKi high school building at Kew London was struck by lightning late last evening and totally destroyed by Ben of tbe volunteer firemen, dropped dead while holding a tine ef bose. Heat aad smoke caused heart trouble. Tbe senior class of the high school wss rehearsing for commencement, whea one of the boys saw.

the flame. He gave the alarm and all escaped. About 3S0 children left the building tea minutes before the Are could cut off their exit. Their escape was miraculous, as bob was injured. All symptoms of stampede were averted by the fire drill snot bods.

which bad bee practiced among the students since tbe theater fire la Chicago. KILLED A HOUSE. rscui Bcsraxca xe xas KseSiaea Petersburg. May lis. During a thunderstorm this morning the plow on which Riley, Faust, a wealthy farmer, was riding, was bit by lightning, killing oo ot bis horses and.

knocking him Inseaslbte. Another stroke destroyed tb barn of Charles Ray. two miles north of bere. 13.000. 19.

XT. arsc-ax. ararasc xo xas esec-saa. Mt- Sterling. May i.

-Great damage to farm property was done in this county tills morning by a- terrific wind, ball aad rata storm. The restdessee ot Robert Gsrteweed waa damaged by lightning. The hail ruined a number of tobacco beds, kill-ixuT calves, pigs and lamb. XTT.T.EH BT nOHTHTSO. Lacrosse.

May 24. W. J. Showers, editor of tb Onalaska Record, was JrUladJ by lightning at hia desk; this afteraoost. Tbe Onalssks On man I nrhsrsn Cburcb was struck, and burned to tbe ground.

BXOWKXD IS THE'EAPIDS. Boise, Idsuho. May 34 John Bovra. Joan Coaley. Josua Bedore and a sua by tbe aam of McDonald were drowned la tbe rapids of.

the Payette River to-day. Th boat was apsrwrU KILLED CT THE ST0BJC 1 Des Moines, May 24. Aa unknown man was killed- la a terrific wind and rata sterns at Tare this A no-aber of" buildings were wrecked and nine EH-SMris Central, box cars- were blown across tb mala line track. FATALITIES IS SESEASXA. Ltecoie.

Kesv. May S4--6ecttoo of Its-braeka to-night wars vWted 'by" viol exit wind aad rain storms. Clark, a farmer near ayne. waa killed by Ughmtngr aad hi soa ssverely Injured. PtacksTwd in Protest When Profi At tern pted To Quarantin Cupid asertat.

sasraxc xss asernn. Leztnrton. Msy 24. Quite a senaa-tloB was caused to-night In tbe CasnpbeU-Hagerwaaa college for youag ladie In this city bgr th. prompt refusal et twe members of th graduating class to premise they would not marry before they bad reached tbe age ef St yeera, There are 1 members ta the class, and to-edght J.

Plakertoa. dean of the eaalr of. moral philosophy, mad an addrees to tb young ladles la which he asked them to make him a areav Is they would not marry until that age "Thirteen readily promised, but tar. of these, whoso name could aot be laarasd, pouted aad promptly refused. WITHOUT PAY Whit Offered To Serve Stat Accountant and Got th ob.

i sen i orsvaxes xe rss sseetsss. EVnporis, Kan-. May 24. AllHam Allen White, aether, and editor ef the Oe setts here, baa been making a bet fight oa tbe business method of tbe state administration. He has bee demanding- that Oov-ernor Bailey appoent a state aonountaat and in aa editorial declared that he would like to be state accountant for a while, asserting that be would serve without salary.

Governor Bailey to-day took White at bis word, and offered him the position without pay. White will accept. RUMORS OF A MOB To Lynch Rev. W. W.

Armour Are Prevalent in Owenaboro. Owensbore, May 24 Rev. W. W. Armour, who killed' his son last.

Friday at Sacramento. McLean County, by striking htm oa tbe bead wttb a fence rail, because the boy would net oome home when be told him to, was brought bare and lodged la tae Owensboro Jail. It is rumored that a mob la forming at Calhoun to lynch him. WOLVERTON Waa a Lamfc When Asleep. Bat Rather i Naughty When Cireasea Came Aloag- srsctab otsratm re Ti sserrssa.

Indianapolis. May 24. Tbe Supreme Court ot Indiana to-day found what it termed a case of almost uaexs espied cruelty oa the part of a husband to a wife. Tb Lower Court la Blackford County granted Belinda E- Wolverton a divorce from Aboer D. Wolverton.

with SS.a alimony and an allowance of tlO a month. Wolverton appealed, but tbe Supreme Court turned him doera. It was la evidence before tbe Court that be Jerked bis wife out of the carriage, aad with ber baby la ber arms threw her against a barn so violently that she eras readered asees-scious. He, was artery because she refused te stay at home aad' stock bay white be took tb children to the etreus. He threw, ber enu-of tbe carriage three ttmes.

finally breaking twe of ber ribs. Then be sat es ber and tied ber beads, after which- be drove triumphantly away ta tbe circus wltb tae caUdrea auad remained until midnight. BROWN Was Cured By Chriitlaji Edene aad Tried It His Bora. Bat It Died. i ladi ams pons.

Jusd, May 2. That Tm-as-tiaa Scieac Is set a success as a subeti-tut for veterinary swrgery demon-trated bar to-day when a beaotiful car-rtege borse esraed bjr Mr. H. Brown. Fu sldsnt ef th Bewa-aiehaa lrea Works, was killed ee an order issued by Frank WCaen.

ICtty Hjirnan Officer. The bora was afllcted with lockjaw, but Mr. Brown rnslsted on try tag to euro bt by tbe Chrietiae Scieoco anetbod. Aftse the rase was reported the nolle yester-daj- tb Hapten Society took charg. and procured tbe eervtce ef a veterinary woe came too bate to save ft- Mr.

Brown waa wlliisa-- cnax it aboeld killed. Tbe Christian Scientists bere much disturbed by the notoriety Mr. Brown's ef fort have As Bce3 in Clover Are Dclflf to lie Dec-ccrstic Coarestisa, 1 Sal en and Johnson Are Still on Good Terms, Oct tbe Haycr HsdTo Cott To His UeDteoanL Conservatives in Control of Central Cojninittee And Refuse To Surrender Their Adrantagea. The Temporary Oficera Will Ee llada PtrBasent, Bebg th Onlj Victory For the Hearst Force. 1 CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

l-W. J. McDeeltt. HawaUiten Co. Heary Kstter, Hamiltoa.ro.

T. ff. LtoaeorS. Meetgomery C. Val Lee.

Shelby er. A. P. Seadloa, rwaast Ce. H.

A. Rseav Oesmost Ce -f W. A Ttinsw.s. Clarfee Ce. W.

L. FlaW. Hardla Co. W. p.

Oeedoo. Ottawa Co. If Jams L. Onrmaa. Lewi sew Co.

II V. Lowrey, HeextaeT C. taFrd J. Heer. Franklin.

Oe. Is John B. rw sea sr. getiene. Cv 14-Frank Harper.

Kaea Co. 14-Benjamin J. McKetaney, Washington Co. hVTllwnaa fiprlgra Meiire Ce. IT W.

P. Albsrtaon, Tusesraw C. 10 D. TX ICirr. Coimbtna Co.

aaJuda D. Lm Itorh portage 30 Chart se Sale. Cuyahoga Ce. 21 J. P.

Madlgsn. ye hog a Co. 0 Col urn ss, Ohl. May MFrea. daw today until away ater mbtntsrht sessnt storm marked the dotage of' ike detegsiea.

who at 3'e'eksck Is the snore! ng were a active aa be, la a clover field, working upon their several plans for th somlwstls of delegate te the national eon vent Ion socwrir.g position ef advents In their dlstrtots. Tb arrival of tb tw cemteetkAg dele- Uona from Cleveland aad Cincinnati, headed by brae bands, formed an Interesting incident ot th early day. Tbe arrival ef Mayer Tee I Johaeon. et Clevsiausd. aad Joan Clarke, last gears candidate far Senator, wss another notable mstter.

i- tbougb It did not figure largeiy aa a similar laetdeet this time a year ago. It bad beea heralded that tbar waa a break Imminent between the Cuyahoga leader and his chief of staff. CbexUs P. Sale, but tbe story was dispelled soon after they get together. The Meyer was eocapeited te bow to tbe superior sagacity of his ma agar, whe recognised thai the convention was In no mood te execute any decree that would rehabilitate.

Rev. Herbert Bigelow se the fictitious leader In Hamilton County polltlca. Want It Laid Over. It waa early made man if set that no h4 wa I he expected free that eaxter; either ta the State Central CoeaMtetee er eat ef it. end an attempt was ssade run up tbe flag by starting a mevemene te hav tbe contest laid ever aad referred tbe Convmltte Credential te-eight Tb nervUve.

having ctroI of tb Stat Ceatrat Commltte. refseed I sarrender tbe advaatage. and Insists epen oeaag ta eejeoxiou rulee ef tbe pea two year te ponieb rboe Who made them. Tb district ee' of tb ftsrss tellowtBg apoa tb see si net of tb State Central Cesssaittee' worked the eVsas-gates let a fever ef excitement, especially as there were eon teats of no mesn order of" ability la nearly every one ef them. Al though leader! the osneervstlve majority somehow managed to make kseUf felt aa wa shews tb capture of every one of tbe eomaaittae.

At tbe sessions ef these variow aahser bedle tjO-nignt fbus control was empnasiaed sav owe ev that ef tb permeet ergankeatao. It wa th tntestioa of tb coervtive te sap-piaat Temporary CalrsBan Robert L. Starr, of WB llama, with ease ef ta-esr own kind. Tbe fact that be wa reached for by WUUem Carey, who is a ot tae atst-aata to tb Law Dewsrtsaent tb tttr ef Cleveland, saved blm freen beta turaed Ifi JTot Tb cots-mitt was ed that Mr. Starr wa not a radical a Hearst saasv every-day Pemeuat.

It eras ta vet the this was dented. Mr. Carey word wa accepted aad tb temporary rgitCo wa mad permanent. Afterward there was sated for hiss, 'bat we too 11 to retrace tb action ot the corneal rte. There.

a bo such sUp in any et tb other eoov aamee. which clesurly snowed tbe ebaractes ef tbetr ajssostrto by their acta. Tb action of the Credential Commlt te. in settla tbe PbUbrlek-Lests delegation free this rosary out la tb coll it sad wen a victory in tb Stat Ontral Coeamrrtee this afternno era a heavy blow to tb pros pacta ef John J. Lents for beta a dclegat at large, aa hia name was to bar been pre ted from this county aa ewe ef a eoeabtna-xioa at esti-r eerganlsem.

Ker wa it pieaatne Mayor Teas Johnson, wh tU afternoon promised to tax tb fiht.